Super for bee-hives



(No Model.) W. A. HAWTHORNE.

SUPER FOR BEE HIVES.

No.464,360. PatentedD'ec. 1,1891.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAWTHORNE, OF CARSON CITY, NEVADA.

SUPER FOR BEEI-HIVIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,360, dated December1, 1891-.

Application filed March 12 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAWTHORNE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Carson City, in the county of Ormsby and State ofNevada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supers forBee-Hives; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to supers for beehives, and has for its object toprovide a super which, by reason of its peculiar construction, willserve the purpose of transportation, thereby obviating the necessity ofhandling and packing the honey for the market.

To these ends my invention may be said to consist, generally, in a superformed of a set of boxes temporarily secured together and communicatingeach with the other, and serving not only as a means for storing thehoney, but also as a compact package for transportation of the honey inits original state.

My invention can be better understood with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates in perspective View my improvedsuper with the top or cover removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical centralsection of the same, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section.-

A represents the super, which is constituted of a number of boxes orcells I), each of which is formed independent of the others, buttemporarily secured together by means of strips 0 at the top and bottomthereof. These cells are adapted to contain a predetermined quantity ofhoney, and are provided with partitions Z to divide the contents of eachcell into two portions. A portion of the top and bottom of each cell iscut away, as at 70, to permit an inspection of the contents of thesuper; but to facilitate such inspection I prefer to hinge one of thecells to the remainder, as shown, and to provide the next adjacent cellwith an opening b, which, when the hinged cell is swung out-.

$erial No. 384,703- (No model.)

ward, exposes the honeyand renders it accessible for examination as toits quality.

I have shown and described a super constructed with six boxes or cells;but in practice I usually employ twelve, as 1 find that this numbermakes a chamber of convenient size, although a more or less number canbe employed, as desired. The cells are constructed with four side wallsa f g h, and with a top 2' and bottom j, and, as already stated, the topand bottom are partially cut away. The cut-away portion forms a seriesof openings, which permit of a communication being established betweenthe different cells, and gives the bees access to any part of the super.The bottom pieces jare located a slight distance above the lower ends ofthe walls to permit bee-space when the super is placed on the hive.

'n is a strip, which is adapted to fit in the recess formed .by thecut-away portions of the top pieces during transportation.

m is the cover, which is adapted to be removably secured to the top ofthe super.

61 is a hook for securing the hinged cell in place.

The super is adapted to be placed above and rest on any fiat-top hive,and when filled serves as a ready means for transportation. By reason ofthe passages the bees have free access to and from each and every cell,thereby making the bees take readily to the super.

If desired, I may employ a series of supers placed one above the otherin one; two, or

and strips 0 c for temporarily securing these cells together,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a super for bee-hives, the combination of a series ofcommunicating boxes, each of which is constituted of the four walls a fIn testimony whereof I affix my signature in g h and a top 1' and abottom, both partly presence of two Witnesses.

g away 'P f theseboxes bemg ltmged WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAWTHORNE.

0 the serles, strips 0 c for temporarlly se- 5 curing these boxestogether, and strips 71, Witnesses:

adapted to fit in the out-away portions, as M. D. NOTEWARE,

described, and for the purpose set forth. C. H. GALUSHA.

